These stories only scan the surface. Once you grow in business, govt. bodies will start torturing you till you become really big Organisations. Sales Tax, DRI, Excise, etc. are worst then underworld in their bahviour with mid-small entrepreneurs. Their raids are as if you are running a drug syndicate or prostitution racket. Legislations ensure them complete impunity.
India is all about competition, scale, diversity & uniqueness..this is really good idea but only for Mumbai & suburbs..where you have fixed 7.18 am fast local to catch other wise your day goes for toss..you have those three autowala's you most likely to get during those hours no matter if you haven't asked them their name from last five years..your eye catches those fellow passangers..auto wala, vadapav wall..so inserting something in this sort of "gulams of routine" population & their itinerary needs creativity but its unique opportunity..
gOOD you have joined to do something differently. Why Not grow plants that will benefit the earth feed the people useful exercise. Propagate Agro Activities the everlasting sector which will benefit the human kind. Motivate the Automen also to do the same. ALL THE BEST.
Small entrepreneurs like street vendors, tutors, government and private school and college teachers offering tution at home too,lawyers,doctors,road side workshop owners, shop keepers,home business owners either escape tax nets or earn below taxable limits; big business ownners know with their money power how to evade part of taxes due; it is only the small and medium enterprise owners who are torn apart among tax guys, police, goons demanding protection money, politicians and labor leaders seeking favors, big business customers who delay clearance of their bills, money lenders, laborers and job-hopping staff and professional service providers like lawyers and tax consultants who exploit SME owners using ever changing laws,procedures and rules of the government and local bodies. Until the government and local bodies formulate self explanatory or self guidable rules and procedures, guide and support with freely distributable tax computation sheets and programs thru internet, SMEs and the nation will continue to suffer.For the taxes SMEs pay to the government why can't the govt itself provide them free of cost or nominal cost services for tax and other law compliance by engaging a pool of serving or retired professionals or industrial associations to save millions of man-hours for the nation and earn more revenue? More complicated and publicly less visible rules and procedures make enforcement more difficult, needing more govt staff and result in less net revenue.
There is lot of talent in India but due to high corruption youngsters are taking up lucrative jobs. Corruption is killing the entrepreneurs talent to set up business.
make it accessible to all .. have content in marathi, hindi and gujarati as well ... you see english is not the first language of most of the passengers as well as auto wallahs.
Re: intersting idea
by Dev Shah on Mar 30, 2010 09:06 PM
Hello Niraj,
Thank you for your suggestion, we will try and work on them.
Currently the magazine is in English only and contain 24 pages. We plan to incorporate few pages in hindi and marathi soon. We are awaiting few good writers for the same.